Guard and shade attachment for windows.



No. 693,957. Patented Feb. 25, I902.

T. EUPHRAT.

GUARD -AND SHADE ATTACHMENT FDR WINDOWS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

THEOPI-IILE EUPHRAT, OF ROlVAYTON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR .TO JAMES A. LOGAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AND THE EUPHRAT. MANUFACL TUBING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GUARD'AND SHADE ATTACHME NT'FOR WINDOWS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 693,957, dated February 25, 1902. Application filedMarch 9 1901. gerial No. 50,441. on model) i To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THEOPHILE E UPHRAT, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Rowayton, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guard and Shade Attachments for Windows, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the guard and screen IO attachment for windows on which Letters Patent of the United States were granted to me June 19, 1894, No. 52l,607; and it consists of further improvements inthe said guard and screen attachment, as hereinafter described, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is partly-a front elevation and partly a sectional elevation of a window having guard and screen attachments contrived in accordance with my present invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical elevation on the line a: at of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bar by which the rods of the guard are connected to the lower window-sash. Fig. 4 is partly a vertical section and partly a front elevation of part of the lower sash.

As in my said former patent I represent the guard for protection from burglars and for preventing children from falling out of the go window as consisting of aseries of parallel metallic bars or rods a, suspended from the lower rail 19 of the sash through holes in the sill c of the window-frame into the inclosed space below the sash and being of such length that they will not escape from the holes when the sash is raised to the highest point, so that being confined at the lower ends in the sill and at the upper ends in the sash they form' a substantial protecting-grate, which, being 40 equally as serviceable as the permanently-attached grates of common use, is concealed from view when the sash is closed. Instead of the metallic rods any reticulated or open fretwork structure may be used, and they may be made in any desired form of ornamental character. My present improvement in respect to this part of the invent-ion consists in providing for greater convenience in washing the outsides of the windows from the go inside and for free course through the lower part of the window forany purpose by so connecting the guard to the sash that it may at any time be readily detached and left remaining at the bottom of the window, and the sash may be readily raised independently of the guard, and the guard may be as readily attached to the window again whenever desired. For this purpose the guard may, instead of being permanently attached to the sash-rail, as heretofore, be detachably connected in various-ways. For example, turnbuttons, as 0, carried on the lower ends of pivots p, fitted vertically through the lower sash-rail and having a lever q, knob, or other device on the upper end for turning them, may engage with hook-catches .9, attached to the upper side of a bar 25, to which the rods a are attached instead of being attached directly to the rail, as before, or any other devices, as jaws to of a desk-lock, such as engage through a slot to in the barf and are released by a key inserted at o, may be employed, the latter device being preferable when the fastenin g device is accessible to children andliable to be carelessly disconnected by them. Thus the guard may be hooked on ordropped off, asoccasion may require. In this case the spring curtain-roller d for carrying the screen orcurtainf is mounted under the top eof the window instead of above it, as before, this being a preferablearrangement when my improvements are put up in buildings previously completed; but I may also, but ata little more expense,locate said roller asbefore, the latter being a preferable arrangement for conceal- '85 ing the roller from view but it may also be concealed. as herein placed by a molding placed in front.

As in my former patent, the curtain or screen f is connected by its bar 9 and cords h with the lower sash-rail b, said cords passing under pulleys 1', located at the bottom of the window, so that raising the window will pull down the screen; but instead 'ofmounting the pulleys on weights suspendedfin the 5 bights of the cords in the space below the window to follow up and down as the sash is shifted up and down I now mount said pulleys on fixed pivot-studsj, with openings it through the window-sill 0, adapted for the I00,

slack of the cords to drop therethrough for being concealed when the screen or curtain is to be pulled farther down than it may be pulled by its connection with the sash. Thus I dispense with the weights before used and save their expense besides avoiding some noise and friction and unnecessary wear on the cords. The cords h may be detachably hooked onto the screen-bar g in any approved way, so as to be readily unhooked at any time it may be desirable to allow the screen or curtain to remain rolled up when the lower sash is raised.

When it is desired to pull the screen entirely down to the bottom of the window, it may be secured by a catch min engaging any suitable catch n on the window-sill. The cords h will then drop through the slots 7c.

The pulleys i are set down in the slots 70 flush with the top of the window-sill and the side walls thereby serve as guides to direct the cords onto the pulleys when drawn up taut against them.

The edges of the curtain or screen are fitted on guide-grooves y, suitably provided in the window-frame.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is 1. The combination with'the lower sash of the self-raising curtain-roller and curtain or screen, pulleys located on fixed pivots at the bottom of the window, cords connecting the lower end of the curtain or screen and the lower rail of said lower sash under the pulleys, thus allowing the curtain to be pulled down independently of the sash to which it is connected, and a passage through the window-sill for the drop of the slack of the cords when the curtain or screen is pulled below the limit of its movement by the sash.

2. The combination with the lower sash of the self-raising curtain-roller and curtain or screen, pulleys located on fixed pivots at the bottom of the window, cords connecting the lower end of the curtain or screen and the lower rail of said lower sash under the pulleys, thus allowing the curtain to be pulled TH'EOPHILE EUPI-IRAT.

WVitnesses:

A. P. TI-IAYER, G. SEDGWIOK. 

